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The bulk of the collection depicts the changing faces and landscape at Cranbrook for over 100 years. Architecture, faculty, students, artwork, activities and events, clubs, athletics and more are featured in over 500,000 images taken by Cranbrook staff photographers from 1931-1970. From 1970 to present, various contract photographers also captured the campus on film. In addition, the Archives has photograph collections (including photograph albums) acquired as part of manuscript collections that document the Booth and Saarinen Families as well as life on campus.